Research Announcement

ALOS Principal Investigators List (1st RA)

SAR Calibration & Validation

As of Jul. 1, 2008

No. Name Organization Reseach Title Country
16 Yoshio YAMAGUCHI Niigata University Utilization of full polarimetric SAR data Japan
25 Hiroyoshi YAMADA Niigata University Polarimetric Scattering Analysis in Full-Polarimetric SAR Interferometry Japan
79 Makoto SATAKE National institute of Information and Communications Technology Calibration and validation for ALOS/PALSAR using Pi-SAR Japan
102 Alexander I. Zakharov Institute of Radioengineering and Electronics of Russian Academy of Sciences Study of new calibration techniques and applications for PALSAR polarimetric mode Russia
117 Paul R. Siqueira University of Massachusetts Sensitivity of the repeat-pass interferometric vegetation signature to temporal decorrelation U.S.A.
121 Hiroshi KIMURA Gifu University Polarimetric calibration Japan
175 Charles L. Werner Gamma Remote Sensing AG ALOS PALSAR quality assessment, calibration and validation research Switzerland
203 Scott Hensley Jet Propulsion Laboratory Calibration and Characterization of Interferometric Correlation Measurements U.S.A.
228 Ridha Touzi Canada Centre for Remote Sensing Assessment of Polarimetric PALSAR System Parameters and Calibration Canada
231 Motoyuki SATO Tohoku University Calibration and validation of PALSAR in Mongolia Japan
232 Kazuo OUCHI National Defense Academy of Japan Calibration, Validation and Applications of PALSAR Polarimetric Data over Ocean and Land Japan

Optical Image & Processing

As of Aug. 1, 2009

No. Name Organization Reseach Title Country
72 Clive Fraser University of Melbourne Generation and Validation of High-Resolution DEMs and Orthoimagery from ALOS Imagery for Spatial Database Updating Australia
103 Armin Gruen ETH Zurich Investigations on the ALOS/PRISM and AVNIR-2 Sensor Models and Products Switzerland
229 Masayuki MATSUOKA Kochi University Calibration and Validation of AVNIR-2 Japan

Land Use & Land Cover

As of Mar. 1, 2009

No. Name Organization Reseach Title Country
17 Guo Huadong Chinese Academy of Sciences Study for Land Surface Properties with ALOS PALSAR China
42 Yong Wang East Carolina University Landuse changes and land availability caused by inundation and human resettlement in the Three George Dam region of China U.S.A
45 Hannes Raggam JOANNEUM RESEARCH Multidisciplinary Remote Sensing Applications Using ALOS Image Data (MULTI-AID) Austria
122 Hiroshi KIMURA Gifu University Backscattering characteristics extracted by POL & IN-SAR Japan
163 Yasunori NAKAYAMA Nihon University Monitoring of environmental changes in Asian middle latitude zone by ALOS data Japan
206 Mikiyasu NAKAYAMA Tokyo University Integrated use of multi-mode and multi-band SAR data for land cover identification in tropics Japan
212 Kanako MURAMATSU Nara woman's University Construction of database of land cover mapping in Kii peninsula Japan

Geology

As of Dec. 18, 2007

No. Name Organization Reseach Title Country
120 Joong-Sun Won Yonsei University ALOS PALSAR Investigation of Coastal Geomorphologic Mapping Republic of Korea
167 Pierre Briole Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Geomorphology and geomorphological changes at volcanoes and active faults observed with ALOS. Fusion with other remote sensing and ground data. Application to natural disaster monitoring. France
168 Roland Burgmann University of California, Berkeley ALOS Measurements for Investigation of Mechanics of Himalayan Collision and Associated Tibetan Extension U.S.A
219 Waldir Renato Paradella Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE) Development of Geoscience Applications with PALSAR data in the Topical Environments of Brazil Brazil
220 Vern Singhroy Canada Centre for Remote Sensing Integration and Interpretation of ALOS data for Geological and Terrain Mapping Canada

Geography

As of Sep. 1, 2009

No. Name Organization Reseach Title Country
22 Masato SAKAI Yamagata University Making a map of the lines and geographies of Nasca in Peru and a conservation program of them Japan
26 Iain Woodhouse The University of Edinburgh Polarimetric radar survey of the Nazca region for archaeological applications UK
33 Hajime Fukuchi Tokyo Metropolitan University Polarimetric calibration of PALSAR by using novel depolarizing reflectors and monitoring of urban environment with a polarimetric SAR Japan
61 Ian Dowman University College London Analysis of Urban Landscape using multi sensor data UK
82 Naoko NIHEI National Institute of Infectious Diseases The use of GIS/RS in the surveillance for endemic parasitic diseases Japan
123 Keiji KIMURA Hokkaido University Urban climate change caused by the landuse change in and around cities Japan
200 Irina Smirnova VNIIKAM Application of ALOS Data to Study Landscape Changes Related to Petroleum Fields and Their Exploitation at the North-West of Russia Russia

Disaster Management

As of Aug. 1, 2009

No. Name Organization Reseach Title Country
3 Hasanuddin Z. Abidin Institute of Technology Bandung Studying the deformation of Indonesian volcanoes by GPS and INSAR Techniques Indonesia
19 Masataka TAKAGI Kochi Univ. of Technology Wide Area Monitoring for Land Disaster Detection Japan
47 Howard A. Zebker Stanford University InSAR studies of slow crustal deformation U.S.A
57 Zhong Lu U.S. Geological Survey, EROS Data Center Studying deformation of volcanoes in the Aleutian Islands and the Kamchatka Peninsula using L-band ALOS PALSAR interferometry U.S.A
59 Charles W. Wicks U. S. Geological Survey An L-Band Study of Cascade Range Volcanoes, Globally Persistent Active Volcanoes, and Areas of Active Deformation in the Western USA U.S.A
63 Tran Dinh Lan Institute of Marine Environment and Resources (IMER) Monitoring Flood in the Vietnam Center Using ALOS Satellite Data Vietnam
66 Wang Zhihua China Aero Geophysical Survey & Remote Sensing Center for Land and Rewources(AGRS) Verifying ALOS for accurate landslide activists survey and monitoring China
69 Roland Burgmann University of California, Berkeley ALOS Measurements for Investigation of Active Deformation and Topography along the San Andreas fault, California U.S.A
81 Magaly Koch Boston University Applications of ALOS in Arid Land Studies: Land Degradation, Natural Hazards and Water Resources U.S.A
92 Kurt Feigl Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) SAR interferometric measurement of crustal deformation on North Anatolian fault system, Turkey France
94 Urs Wegmuller Gamma Remote Sensing Monitoring of mining induced surface deformation Switzerland
97 Gilles Peltzer Jet Propulsion Laboratory Measurement of 3-component interseismic strain along active faults using SAR interferometry, application to California, Tibet, and Afar U.S.A
108 Luciano Vieira Dutra National Institute for Space Research (INPE) Evaluation of Polarimetric and INSAR L-band data for Floodplain and Land Use/Cover monitoring, and for biomass estimation in selected Amazonian test sites. Brazil
112 Benoit Deffontaines University of Marne-la-Vallee NATURAL HAZARD MITIGATION IN TAIWAN FROM REMOTE SENSING (Active faults, land slide and Volcanic monitoring) France
114 David T. Sandwell University of California, San Diego, Scripps Insti. of Oceanography Western North America Crustal Dynamics Research: WInSAR Consortium U.S.A
127 Paul Rosen Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pacific Rim Deformation by PALSAR Repeat Orbit Interferometry U.S.A
134 Chinatsu YONEZAWA Tohoku University Interferometric analysis of ALOS/PALSAR data for crustal deformation detection and land subsidence monitoring Japan
136 Eric Fielding Jet Propulsion Laboratory Tectonics and erosion of the Tibetan and Altiplano-Puna plateaus from ALOS PALSAR interferometry and high-resolution digital topography U.S.A
139 Wooil M. Moon Seoul National University Research and Application Development For Polarimetric SAR Technique For Volcanic Feature investigation and Volcanic Hazard Monitoring Republic of Korea
148 Shigeki KOBAYASHI Tokai University Monitoring of volcanically and seismically active regions and investigation of magma transfer process using SAR interferometry, GPS and gravity observations Japan
156 Robert J. Mellors San Diego State University Investigation of crustal motion and slope failure in the North Tien Shan using INSAR U.S.A
194 Masanobu SHIMADA Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Extraction of water vapor and surface deformation using a differential PALSAR interferometry Japan

Agriculture

As of Jun. 1, 2010

No. Name Organization Reseach Title Country
131 Zhang Wei Information and Electronical College, China Agricultural University The Study on the Grassland Degradation Survey in Innermongolia Based on Remote Sensing China
213 Genya SAITO Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Investigations on development of agricultural monitoring system using satellite data Japan
216 Nitai Kundu Institute of Environmental Studies and Wetland Management Study of the ecological impact of sewage irrigated vegetable farming of Calcutta Metropolis using Remote Sensing & GIS India

Snow & Ice

As of Aug. 1, 2009

No. Name Organization Reseach Title Country
38 Ronald Kwok Jet Propulsion Laboratory Monitoring Fram Strait Sea Ice Outflow and Thin Ice Thickness U.S.A
73 Laurence C. Smith University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Flooding and ice break-up dynamics of large Arctic river systems U.S.A
110 Adrian Luckman Swansea University Spatial and temporal variability in mass balance of glaciers in Svalbard and Greenland using PALSAR UK
113 Richard R. Forster University of Utah The Spatial and Temporal Characteristics of the Arctic Seasonal Snow Melt as detected by ALOS and other microwave sensors U.S.A
115 Eric Rignot University of Colorado in Boulder (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) Mapping of ice velocity in Greenland and Antarctica using ALOS PALSAR repeat pass interferometric data U.S.A
132 Jiancheng Shi University of California, Santa Barbara Estimate Snow Properties Using ALOS Measurements U.S.A
144 Kyle C. McDonald Jet Propulsion Laboratory Application of ALOS PALSAR to Mapping of Boreal Landscape Freeze/Thaw Dynamics for Improved Assessment of Terrestrial Ecosystem Processes U.S.A
145 Neal Young Antarctic Climate & Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre Recent change and dynamics of Heard Island glaciers. Australia
146 Neal Young Antarctic Climate & Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre Dynamics and characteristics of ice shelves and glaciers in East Antarctica Australia
182 Benjamin Holt Jet Propulsion Laboratory Characterization of thin winter and summer ice in the Antarctic and Arctic using ALOS data U.S.A
205 Hiroyuki WAKABAYASHI Nihon University Sea ice study and its application using PALSAR polarimetric data in the Sea of Okhotsk Japan
215 Kohei CHO Tokai University A study on sea ice classification of the Okhotsk Sea using AVNIR-2/PALSAR Japan
226 C. K. Shum The Ohio State University Study of Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf Ice Stream and Tidal Dynamics Using ALOS PALSAR Interferometry U.S.A

Vegetation Mapping, Forest & Wetlands

As of Nov. 2, 2009

No. Name Organization Reseach Title Country
7 Shane R. Cloude AEL Consultants Polarimetric Radar Interferometry for the Quantitative Estimation of Forest Structure UK
8 Shaun Quegan University of Sheffield Biomass and Deforestation Monitoring UK
44 Francois-Micheal Le Tourneau CNRS An example of the dynamics of the Brazilian Amazon territories: deforestation, gold mining and agricultural colonization inside and outside the land of Yanomani indians in Roraima(Brazil) France
65 Richard Lucas University of Wales Aberystwyth Development of operational procedures for mapping the biomass and structural diversity of forests and woodlands in Australia using polarimetric radar and optical data from spaceborne sensors UK
86 Bruce Chapman Jet Propulsion Laboratory Mapping Wetlands, Land Cover, and Land Use Change in South America using ALOS U.S.A
96 Sasan S. Saatchi Jet Propulsion Laboratory Monitoring Vegetation Disturbance and Biomass Recovery in Tropical Evergreen and Seni-deciduous forests and Woodland Savannas. U.S.A
106 Sergey G. Kritsuk Scientific Research Centre of Ecological Safety by Russian Academy of Sciences (SRCES RAS) Satellite taxation of a forest inventory in the Boreal zone Russia
109 Kevin Tansey University of Leicester Retrieval of environmental forest parameters using the polarimetric PALSAR UK
157 Eric Mougin Centre d'Etudes Spatiales de la Biosphere (CESBIO) Combined radar and visible stereoscopic remote sensing of tropical ecosystems France
158 Mahta Moghaddam University of Michigan Assessing Fire Susceptibility in Western US and Wetlands State in Boreal North America, through Vegetation and Surface Studies U.S.A
159 Josef Kellndorfer Woods Hole Research Center Integration of ALOS Data into a Global Forest Monitoring System U.S.A
179 Robert N. Treuhaft Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology Vegetation Structure and Biomass from PALSAR, AVNIR-2, and PRISM U.S.A
193 Masanobu SHIMADA Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Study on estimating tree height distribution using the polarimetric interferometric PALSAR data analysis Japan
197 Gianfranco De Grandi EU Joint Research Centre Forest biophysical and structural parameters estimation by interferometry and polarimetric texture measures Italy
211 Florian Siegert Ludwig-Maximilians-University Muenchen Vagetation Cover and Biomass Assessment in Tropical rainforests - BIOVEC Germany
217 Ake Rosenqvist Solo Earth Observation (soloEO) Monitoring of tropical deforestation patterns and wetlands inundation dynamics by ALOS PALSAR and AVNIR-2 Sweden

Hydrology & Water Resource

As of Aug. 1, 2009

No. Name Organization Reseach Title Country
13 Francesco Mattia Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) Retrieval of Soil Moisture using PALSAR data Italy
28 Thomas J. Jackson U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service Soil Moisture Retrival Using ALOS PALSAR U.S.A
90 Wolfgang Wagner Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Vienna University of Technology The Potential of PALSAR ScanSAR mode for Soil Moisture Retrieval Austria
140 Toshio KOIKE The University of Tokyo Development and Validation of PALSAR Algorithms for the Land Surface Hydrological Parameters in the Tibetan Plateau Japan
192 Takeo TADONO Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Process Study for Developing Algorithms to Quantitatively Estimate Hydrological Parameters Based on ALOS Data Japan

Ocean

As of Aug. 1, 2008

No. Name Organization Reseach Title Country
41 Antony A. K. Liu NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Nonlinear Internal Waves in the South China Sea U.S.A
48 Yong Wang East Carolina University Investigation of Responses of North Carolina Shorelines and Coastal Wetlands to Sea Level Rise U.S.A
51 William G. Pichel National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) Development and Demonstration of Coastal and Hydrologic Applications of ALOS PALSAR Imagery for NOAA CoastWatch U.S.A
70 Benjamin Holt Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology An Investigation of Plumes, Blooms, and Small-Scale Coastal Processes off California U.S.A
93 Kurt Feigl Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Afar: watching the birth of a mid-ocean ridge by PALSAR interferometry France
95 Teruhisa KOMATSU University of Tokyo Utilization of ALOS data for mapping coastal ecosystems and fisheries management Japan
204 Hiroya YAMANO National Institute for Environmental Studies Use of ALOS data for monitoring coral reef bleaching Japan
214 Hiroshi KAWAMURA Graduate School of Tohoku University Study on the oceanic phenomena using PALSAR on board ALOS Japan